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1. A touch sensing device, comprising: a touch panel, comprising a plurality of horizontal sensing lines and a plurality of vertical sensing lines, for generating a plurality of horizontal sensing signals and a plurality of vertical sensing signals; a conversion unit, coupled to the touch panel, for generating a plurality of 2D sensing signals according to the horizontal sensing signals and the vertical sensing signals, wherein each of the 2D sensing signals is determined according to a product of one of the horizontal sensing signals and one of the vertical sensing signals; and a calculation unit, coupled to the conversion unit, for determining a touched position on the touch panel according to the 2D sensing signals; wherein a horizontal coordinate of the touched position is determined according to the 2D sensing signals and corresponding horizontal coordinates; and wherein the horizontal coordinate of the touched position is obtained by dividing a sum of products of the 2D sensing signals and the corresponding horizontal coordinates by a sum of the 2D sensing signals.
2. The touch sensing device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conversion unit compares the horizontal sensing signals with a horizontal threshold to select at least one of the horizontal sensing signals to generate the 2D sensing signals.
3. The touch sensing device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conversion unit compares the vertical sensing signal with a vertical threshold to select at least one of the vertical sensing signals to generate the 2D sensing signals.
4. The touch sensing device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the calculation unit compares the 2D sensing signals with a 2D threshold to select at least one of the 2D sensing signals, so as to determine the touched position.
5. The touch sensing device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a vertical coordinate of the touched position is determined according to the 2D sensing signals and corresponding vertical coordinates.
6. The touch sensing device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the vertical coordinate of the touched position is obtained by dividing a sum of products of the 2D sensing signals and the corresponding vertical coordinates by a sum of the 2D sensing signals.
7. The touch sensing device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the touch panel is a capacitive touch panel.
8. A touch sensing method, comprising: sensing a touch on a touch panel to generate a plurality of horizontal sensing signals and a plurality of vertical sensing signals, wherein each of the horizontal sensing signals corresponds to a vertical coordinate and each of the vertical sensing signals corresponds to a horizontal coordinate; generating a plurality of 2D sensing signals according to the horizontal sensing signals and the vertical sensing signals, wherein each of the 2D sensing signals is determined according to a product of one of the horizontal sensing signals and one of the vertical sensing signals; and determining a touched position on the touch panel according to the 2D sensing signals; wherein a vertical coordinate of the touched position is determined according to the 2D sensing signals and corresponding vertical coordinates; wherein the vertical coordinate of the touched position is obtained by dividing a sum of products of the 2D sensing signals and the corresponding vertical coordinates by a sum of the 2D sensing signals.
9. The touch sensing method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the step of generating the 2D sensing signals compares the horizontal sensing signals with a horizontal threshold to select at least one of the horizontal sensing signals to generate the 2D sensing signals.
10. The touch sensing method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the step of generating the 2D sensing signals compares the vertical sensing signals with a vertical threshold to select at least one of the vertical sensing signals to generate the 2D sensing signals.
11. The touch sensing method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the step of determining the touched position in the touch panel compares the 2D sensing signals with a 2D threshold to select at least one 2D sensing signal to determine the touched position according to the at least one 2D sensing signal.
12. The touch sensing method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein a horizontal coordinate of the touched position is determined according to the 2D sensing signals and corresponding horizontal coordinates.
13. The touch sensing method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the horizontal coordinate of the touched position is obtained by dividing a sum of products of the 2D sensing signals and the corresponding horizontal coordinates by a sum of the 2D sensing signals.
14. The touch sensing method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the touch panel is a capacitive touch panel.
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April 16, 2013
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